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I am new here so if this "isn't done" here please just let me know. I would like to start a thread for those of us who enjoy pictures to share what we've got. Right now there is a whole herd of elk in my yard and if anybody is interested, I would like to show you the pictures I took.

Anybody else like photos?

I will wait to start posting them, so that I'm not boring everybody to tears if you don't want to see them.

YAY! I am so glad there is some interest here for the photo thread, and I am a nature girl all the way! I love the hawks, they are so beautiful aren't they? As you will see in the photos, I live in a great big meadow. In the summer, mice and other rodents abound, so the Marsh Hawks are EVERYWHERE!

This herd of Elk is called the Takhini Herd, named after the river that runs about 500m away from my house. The first picture is when they are wayyyyy on the other side of the yard from my house. I estimate about 110 of them as I got about half of them counted and gave up at 55!

Since the theme seems to be "nature," here are two of my nature shots - the first is the hawk that lives in my backyard, maybe he is friends with sparksals' hawk!

The second is this strange squirrel that also lives in my yard. His tail and body are two different colors!

Wow Rose! I'm surprised the hawk hasn't had the squirrel for lunch! I don't know if hawks in your area are carnivorous, but here, they will attack rabbits, cats and small dogs (literally pick them up, fly away real high, then drop them onto the ground to kill them to eat). Many people with fishponds lose fish frequently because the hawks are hungry.

Since I saw him, I always pan the yard ahead of time to make sure he's not around so I can let my dog out. When there's no birds around, I get really nervous because they go into hiding.